Commander Dennison says that he has just "rejected one of our great nation's top linguists, knows German better than Bertolt Brecht." That linguist was likely J.R.R. Tolkien, writer of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books, who learned German from his mother. In January 1939, Tolkien was asked whether, in the event of a national emergency, he would be prepared to work in the cryptographical department of the Foreign Office. He agreed, and apparently attended a four-day course of instruction at the Foreign Office beginning on March 27. In October 1939, he was told that his services would not be required, and never worked as a cryptographer.
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